Buckle



Nov. 26, 1929. w. H. CARROLL BUCKLE Filed May 15, 1928 xNvENToR MLLMMH CARROLL ATTORNEY Patented Nov. 26, 1929 WILLIAM H. CARROLL, OF BOGOTA, NEW JERSEY BUCKLE Application iled May 15, 1928.

This invention relatos to buckles broadly designed for the purpose of effecting an adjustable and a limited yieldable connection between the opposite ends of a belt or between a pair of members which are to be connected thereby.

The invention primarily contemplates an improved buckle including a body having tensioned attaching means for anchoring one of a pair of members to be connected or one end of a belt or the like thereto to permit of the limited relative movement between said members or the opposite ends of a belt.

As a further object, the invention comprehends a buckle including a tubular body for receiving therethrough and for adjustable connection therewith the free end of a belt or the end of one of a pair of members to be connected thereby.

As a still further object, the invention aims to provide an improved buckle including a tubular body which is adapted to telescopically receive the end of a member having a longitudinal series of openings therein, together with means carried by one end of the body for selective engagement in one of the series of openings to establish a self retaining adjustable connection between the buckle body and member.

Other objects of the invention reside in the comparative simplicity of construction and mode of use of the device, the economy with which the same may be produced and the general efficiency derived therefrom.

lVith the above recited and other objects in view, reference is had to the following description and accompanying drawings, in which there is exhibited one example or embodiment of the invention, while the claims define the actual scope of the same.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the buckle as applied to a belt and illustrating in dotted lines the distended position of the tensioned sliding section.

Figure 2 is an enlarged horizontal sectional view through the buckle taken approximately on the line 2-2 of Figure 1 and illustrating the free end of the belt adjustably connected with the buckle body.

Serial No. 277,995.

Figure 3 is a longitudinal sectional view taken approximately on the line 3-3 of Figure 2.

Figure 4 is a transverse sectional view taken approximately on the line 4 4 of Figure 2.

Referring to the drawings by characters of reference, the buckle body includes a front wall 5, a rear wall 6 and side walls 7. Longitudinally extending inwardly directed iianges 8 on the transverse intermediate inner surfaces of the side walls subdivide the buckle body for the purpose to be hereafter set forth. A sliding section or plate 9 is mounted between the flanges 8 and the rear wall and said plate or section is provided with a hooked terminal 10 at one end and a rolled eye or knuckle 11 at its opposite end. The rear wall is provided with a hooked end edge 12 within which the extremity 13 of an expansion spring 14 is arranged. The opposite extremity 15 of the spring is positioned in the hooked terminal 10 of the plate or section 9 whereby the spring acts to normally retract the sliding plate or section to a telescoped position within the buckle body and tensions the knuckle end of the plate against withdrawal therefrom. The hooked end edge 12 of the rear wall 6 also acts as a stop to engage with the knuckle or eye 11 of the plate 9 to limit the expansive action of the spring 14. In practice, a loop element 12a is adapted to have attached or anchored thereto one end 16 of a. belt or one of a pair of members, as the case may be, so that said end 16 or member is attached thereto for relative limited movement and tensioned against said movement. The opposite end 162L of the belt or other member, as the case may be, is provided with a longitudinal series of openings or apertures 17 and said end or member is designed to be telescopically received by the buckle body between the flanges 8 and the front wall 5. The front wall 5 is provided with an inwardly projecting stud 18 at its open receiving end, which stud is preferably mounted on an extending portion 19 of the front wall and is designed to selectively engage in one of the series of openings or apertures 17 to establish an adj ustable connection between the buckle body and the end or member 16a.

From the foregoing, it is thus obvious that a buckle has been designed for the purpose of effecting an adjustable and limited yieldable connection between the ends of a belt or between a pair of members which are to be connected thereby. When used in connection with abelt, it is obvious that the buckle aff fords a means to allow for circumferential contraction and expansion of t-he belt to conform with body movements.

What is claimed is:

l. In a buckle, a tubular body open at its opposite ends and adapted to telescopically receive the end of a member having a longitudinal series of openings therein and means carried by and protruding beyond one end or' the body for selective engagement in one of a series of openings to establish an adjustable connection between the buckle body and said member.

2. In a buckle for establishing a limited, yieldable and adjustable connection between a pair ot' members or the opposite ends of a belt; a tubular buckle body, an anchoring element slidably associated with the body and tensioned against relative outward move ment with respect to one end of the body and an outwardly extending lipV at the opposite end of the body having an inwardly projecting stud adapted to selectively engage in one of a longitudinal series of openings in one of said members orA one end of the belt.

3. In a belt buckle, a tubular body including front, rear and side walls, longitudinally extending inwardly directed flanges on the side walls, a belt end attaching strip mounted between the flanges and the rear wall for longitudinal sliding movement and means for normally retracting said strip within the body and for tensioning the same against relative outward movement.

4. In a belt buckle, a tubular body, a belt anchoring element slidably associated with the body and tensioned against outward sliding movement from one end of the body and an outwardly extending lip at an opposite end of the body having an inwardly projecting stud adapted to be selectively engaged in one of a longitudinal series of openings in the free end'ot the belt.

Signed at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, this 14th day of May, 1928.

WILLIAM H. CARROLL. A 

